• (British, America) IPA: /ˈfɪzɪkəl/

physical

1. Having to do with the body.

   Are you feeling any physical effects?

2. Having to do with the material world.

   • Labour, in the physical world, is […] employed in putting objects in motion.

   • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:

   It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.

3. Involving bodily force.

   This team plays a very physical game, so watch out.

4. Having to do with physics.

   The substance has a number of interesting physical properties.

5. (computing) Not virtual; directly corresponding to [[hardware operation.]]
6. (obsolete) Relating to physic, or medicine; medicinal; curative; also, cathartic; purgative.

   • Physical herbs.

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Is Brutus sick? and is it physical / To walk unbraced, and suck up the humours / Of the dank morning?

• mental, psychological; having to do with the mind viewed as distinct from body.

• French: physiologique, physique
• German: körperlich, physisch
• Portuguese: físico
• Russian: теле́сный
• Spanish: físico

• French: physique
• German: physisch, materiell, stofflich
• Italian: fisico
• Portuguese: físico
• Russian: физи́ческий
• Spanish: físico

• Portuguese: físico, braçal
• Russian: физи́ческий

• French: physique
• German: physikalisch
• Portuguese: físico
• Russian: физи́ческий
• Spanish: físico

physical (plural physicals)

1. Physical examination.

   How long has it been since your last physical?

   Synonyms: checkup, check-up

• French: visite médicale, check-up
• Portuguese: revisão
• Russian: медосмо́тр
• Spanish: revisación